Hipkeys can be a hard skill to hack, but they can also be tons of fun! In this workshop, we'll delve deep into the theory of hipkeys, discover tons of new drills to help unlock this skill, and dream up some fantastic ways to use the hipkey. This workshop is suitable for beginner through intermediate level students who can invert in the air at least once during a class (tagging with feet is ok), can tie double foot locks in the air. Students who can already complete a hipkey in the air are also welcome (and encouraged!), especially if they would like to learn some new ways of thinking about and leveling up this tricky skill!Run time: 90 minutes (including group warm up)

Drops are one of the best parts of aerials, but can sometimes be intimidating. Gain confidence in your dropping abilities, and improve your technical understanding of how drops work. In this workshop, well explore the why behind rolls, dives, slack drops, and more. Well also work on different ways to execute them, how to put different components together safely, and of course, do lots and lots of drops!Prerequisites: Must be able to invert comfortably in the air repeatedly throughout the 90 minute workshop. Should be able to execute a basic star drop (it doesn't have to be perfect), and be able to do x-back straddle and a hipkey in the air without difficulty.Run time: 90 minutes

Ezra LeBank is the Head of Movement and Associate Professor of Theatre Arts at California State University, Long Beach. He has taught at The Juilliard School, Purchase College, Smith College, The University of Montana, and Vassar College. He teaches and performs across the world including recent workshops and festivals in Sweden, France, Poland, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Russia, Ireland, England, Scotland, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Israel, Estonia, Canada, Malaysia, Australia, and across the United States. He is recognized as a specialist in Acrobatics, Biomechanics, Contact Improvisation & Clown. His acrobatic theatre show FLIGHT performed Off-Broadway in 2016 and is nominated for the Critics Choice Awards Best Touring Show of the Year in San Diego for 2017. Ezra has been a featured instructor at the Israel Acrobatics Convention, Nordic Acro Festival, Philly Take Phlight Festival, New York Acro Fest, AcroLove, Divine Play, MOVE Copenhagen, Helsinki Acro Week, and in workshops worldwide. He's kinda bossy.

"Logic will take you from A to B. Bossyness will take you everywhere." -Albert Einstein(ish)”